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Daily Meditation Can Transform Your LifeThis curated, 12-step, self-help guided meditative handbook by internationally renowned bestselling author Karen Casey teaches you the importance of daily meditation and contemplation and can lead to a life enriched with harmony and contentment.
Bring peace into your daily life one step at a time. The Long Good Life is a guide you will find yourself returning to again and again. The book is composed of 75 personal essays. Each chapter illuminates a facet of existence that propels you toward a life steeped in significance, joy, and serenity. Karen Casey deftly guides you to shift your perspective, to treasure the present and its boundless beauty, all while perfecting a mindset that enriches your life experience.
Not just a book but a catalyst for transformation. With Karen Casey as your sage companion, delve into profound explorations of fear and love, resistance and acceptance, willpower, and discernment. Each essay concludes with thought-provoking questions and prompts, designed to awaken the depths of your own journey. As you savor every practice and essay, you'll find yourself drawn to those that resonate most powerfully with your soul.
Inside, you'll find:
Daily meditation and prayer practices for cultivating inner peace
A transformative 12-Step "Course in Miracles" to guide your journey
Insights on fear, love, and discernment for empowered decision-making
Actionable guidance to embrace the present and shape a purpose-driven life
If you enjoyed books like Make Your Bed, A Course in Miracles Made Easy, or The Gifts of Imperfection, then you'll want to own a copy of Karen Casey's The Long Good Life. Also don't miss other Karen Casey best sellers including Each Day a New Beginning and Let Go Now.
Contents
Contents
Author's Note
Introduction: Breathe, Pause, Breathe, Pause, Breathe . . .
1. Step Aside and Experience a Miracle in the Making
2. Hear the Silence, Rest the Mind, Let God Speak
3. A Faith-Filled Life
4. Rapt Attention
5. Say Something Kind or Nothing at All
6. The Journey Is Perfect, the Stumbles as Well as the Strides
7. Fear and Anger
8. Change Is Good
9. What's Next?
10. Forgive Yourself Completely
11. Remembrances
12. I Can Choose Peace Instead of This
13. An Inventory
14. The Purpose of Life Is to Be Happy
15. Roses Rather Than Thorns
16. Teachers of Perspective
17. Seeking Solitude
18. Take a Day Off
19. Now We Can Really Live
20. Writing Your Story
21. Impacting Those around You
22. Improve a Little
23. Dream List
24. Doing More Than Nothing
25. Pay Attention to the Moment
26. What to Do Today
27. Making Small Efforts to Improve the World
28. Fulfilling Your Potential
29. Who Will You Bring to the Party?
30. Make Yourself Smile
31. Changing Ourselves to Change the World
32. Reaching Out
33. Influences
34. We Become What We Think
35. Listening for Messages
36. Being in Charge of Who We Are
37. Remembering Those Who Made a Mark on Our Lives
38. The Greatest Gifts We Can Offer One Another
39. It's Time for a Change of Pace
40. Stepping Aside
41. Be Kind
42. Remembering the Little Things
43. Having Goals
44. Letting Go of the Past
45. Feeling the Wow
46. Your Mission Statement
47. Shape Your Mind
48. Overcoming Fear
49. A Vital Person
50. Cultivating Warm Relations
51. What Are You Grateful for Today?
52. Do You Like Yourself Enough?
53. Your Mind Holds the Power
54. Random Acts of Fun
55. Expressing Thanks
56. What's the Biggest Lesson of Your Life So Far?
57. Be a Mentor
58. Lead by Example
59. What Makes You Come Alive?
60. Age Aside
61. Say What You Need to Say
62. Your Timeline
63. Life's "Accidents"
64. Living in the Moment with Rapt Attention
65. You Can't Change Others, So Change Yourself
66. Is Real Peace Ever an Actuality?
67. Telling Your Secrets
68. Living with Death
69. The First Day of Your Retired Life
70. The Serenity Prayer
71. Your Life Philosophy
72. Recalling Your Life Lessons
73. A New Challenge
74. What if You Had Six Months to Live?
75. Enthusiasm
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